Century Aluminum Company Announces Acceptance of Notes for Exchange in Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation Related to Its 7.5% Senior Notes due 2014

MONTEREY, CA--(Marketwire - December 10, 2009) - Century Aluminum Company (the "Company")
(NASDAQ: CENX) today announced that, in connection with the exchange offer
and consent solicitation related to its 7.5% Senior Notes due 2014, CUSIP
No. 156431AH1 (the "2014 Notes"), the Company issued $245,475,800 aggregate
principal amount of 8% Senior Secured Notes due 2014 (the "Exchange Notes")
in exchange for $243,052,000 aggregate principal amount of 2014 Notes and
delivery of related consents; approximately $2.4 million of the Exchange
Notes were issued and approximately $2.4 million in cash was paid for such
consents. After giving effect to the exchange offer, $6,948,000 aggregate
principal amount of 2014 Notes remain outstanding.

The Company received consents from holders of the required principal amount
of the 2014 Notes to eliminate most restrictive covenants and modify
certain events of default in the indenture governing the 2014 Notes.

This press release does not constitute an offer to exchange or a
solicitation of consents relating to the 2014 Notes or any other securities
of the Company. The exchange offer and consent solicitation were made
pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") contained in
Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act. The Company has not filed and will
not file a registration statement under the Securities Act or any other
federal or state securities laws with respect to the offer of Exchange
Notes in the exchange offer and consent solicitation related to the 2014
Notes described above.

Century Aluminum Company owns primary aluminum capacity in the United
States and Iceland. Century's corporate offices are located in Monterey,
California.

Cautionary Statement

This press release may contain "forward-looking statements" within the
meaning of U.S. federal securities laws. The company has based its
forward-looking statements on current expectations and projections about
the future; however, these statements are subject to risks, uncertainties
and assumptions, any of which could cause the company's actual results to
differ materially from those expressed in its forward-looking statements.
More information about these risks, uncertainties and assumptions can be
found in the risk factors and forward-looking statements cautionary
language contained in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and in other
filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company does
not undertake, and specifically disclaims, any obligation to revise any
forward-looking statements to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or
unanticipated events or circumstances after the date such forward-looking
statements are made.

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